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谁

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Structure (结构 jiégòu)

谁Verb...? / SubjectVerb谁?

Meaning (意思 yìsi)

谁 (shuí/shéi) is an interrogative pronoun used to ask about a person, meaning 'who'.

Explanation (解释 jiěshì)

Use 谁 to ask 'who'. What is convenient about question words in Chinese is that you simply replace 谁 into the position of the person you want to ask about in a declarative sentence — no inversion is needed as in Vietnamese or English. For example, if the answer is 他是老师 (He is a teacher), the question would be 他是谁? (Who is he?).

谁 has two readings: shuí (formal) and shéi (colloquial).

Examples (例句 lìjù)(5)

  1. 他是谁？
    繁: 他是誰？Tā shì shuí?

    Who is he?

  2. 谁是你的老师？
    繁: 誰是你的老師？Shuí shì nǐ de lǎoshī?

    Who is your teacher?

  3. 你找谁？
    繁: 你找誰？Nǐ zhǎo shuí?

    Who are you looking for?

  4. 谁吃了我的苹果？
    繁: 誰吃了我的蘋果？Shuí chī le wǒ de píngguǒ?

    Who ate my apple?

  5. 这个杯子是谁的？
    繁: 這個杯子是誰的？Zhège bēizi shì shuí de?

    Whose cup is this?

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